Day light hours are shortening

[Sticktongue]

I really think its just a personal opinion.. My off lights were always they same no matter what time of year. 7:30. Their enclosures would be dark dark even if it were summer and light till 10. I'd adjust the lights ON simply because i am in construction. So, if it were winter, i'd start work at 8. So lights would come on at 7. Summer, i often leave the house at 6-630 so lights were on at 540 so i could feed before i left. I guess my average light time was longer than everybody elses. But I didn't want the off time to be so early that i didn't get to watch them after work, shower, dinner etc.

 

[RealIzeRecognIze]

I'm not sure if some posted this but you could turn his lights out an hour earlier. I did be cause Camille started to go lay down as soon as it started getting darker out and her cage isn't even near a window. I thought it was strange.

 

[Olimpia]

I try to match the day outside as much as possible. The chameleons know what the sun is doing anyway, it's useless to provide an extra 2 hours of UV or heat to an animal that has already decided to settle down in a dark part of a plant and is waiting for lights out to go to sleep. So if it's dark by 5:30 outside in December, then their lights go off at about the same time. I use the 10.0 lights also, so they're getting more UV in that time than if I were using the 5.0 lights.

At the end of the day (or at the start of it) they're going to do what they will according to the sun is doing, not what my lighting system is doing. And I'm happy to save a tiny bit of electricity in the winter!

 

[RealIzeRecognIze]

I try to match the day outside as much as possible. The chameleons know what the sun is doing anyway, it's useless to provide an extra 2 hours of UV or heat to an animal that has already decided to settle down in a dark part of a plant and is waiting for lights out to go to sleep. So if it's dark by 5:30 outside in December, then their lights go off at about the same time. I use the 10.0 lights also, so they're getting more UV in that time than if I were using the 5.0 lights.

At the end of the day (or at the start of it) they're going to do what they will according to the sun is doing, not what my lighting system is doing. And I'm happy to save a tiny bit of electricity in the winter!

You are saying they know when the suns going down even when not close to a window? That's what my cham seemed to do and that's pretty neat!

 

[Sticktongue]

You are saying they know when the suns going down even when not close to a window? That's what my cham seemed to do and that's pretty neat!

Yes they do. Animals are A LOT smarter than we give them credit for. I mean all animals, not just our chams. I believe we use to be able to do such things back when life was more wild. Now people are so civilized that people have lost a lot of those natural instincts sadly.

 

[RealIzeRecognIze]

Yes they do. Animals are A LOT smarter than we give them credit for. I mean all animals, not just our chams. I believe we use to be able to do such things back when life was more wild. Now people are so civilized that people have lost a lot of those natural instincts sadly.

I do agree with that! I believe it was all part of culture development.

 

[Turningdoc]

Mine also nestle into dark part of cage when sun goes down even when lights are on. Agree natural instinct is very cool.